IN RE SIMON II LITIGATION

No. 00-CV-5332. Related to: 97-CV-7658, 98-CV-0675, 98-CV-1492, 98-CV-3287, 99-CV-6142, 99-CV-7392, 00-CV-2340, 00-CV-4442.

172 F.Supp.2d 375 (2001)

In Re SIMON II LITIGATION

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weitz & Luxenberg, New York City, by Perry Weitz, Robert J. Gordon, Jerry Kristal, Richard L. Akel, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, New York City, by Steven E. Fineman, Thomas M. Sobol, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, by Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Robert J. Nelson, Sporwood Wilner Maciejewski & Matthews, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, by Norwood Wilner, Wait, Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, by Stanley Chesley, Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, by Gregory T. Carnold, Wayne F. Dennison, Sheller Ludwig & Badley, Philadelphia, PA, by Charles Mangan, for plaintiff in Simon I & Simon II.

Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD, by Joshua Kassner, John A ngelos, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, DC, for plaintiff National Asbestos.

Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City, by Melvyn I. Weiss, Beth A. Kaswan, Michael C. Spencer, for plaintiff Bergeron.

Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York City, by Paul J. Bschorr, Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., Michael Hefter, Heather K. McDevitt, Dewey Ballantine LLP, Washington, DC, by Martha J. Talley, for plaintiffs Blue Cross, et al.

The Cuneo Law Group, Washington, DC, by Jonathon W. Cuneo, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, by Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Chan P. Townsley, Richardson & Ward, Tulsa, OK, by Gary Richardson, for plaintiff Mason, et al.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York City, by Peter A. Bicks, James L. Stengel, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, LLC, P.A., Portland, MA, by Thomas R. McNaboe, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff Raymark.

Morse & Morse, Staten Island, by Norman C. Morse, Thomas K. Morse, for plaintiff Betriebskrankenkasse.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York City, by Kevin J. Dunne, Eric M. Kraus, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, by Marjorie P. Lindblom, David Bernick, Andrew R. McGaan, Deirdre A. Fox, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, LLP, Boston, MA, by U. Gwyn Williams, for defendant Brown & Williamson.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, by Harold Keith Gordon, Byron G. Stier, George Kostolampros, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, by Theodore M. Grossman, Hugh R. Witing, Mark A. Belasic, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, by Robert H. Klonoff, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, by Jerome R. Doak, Margaret I. Lyle, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, by Ursula M. Henninger, for defendant R.J. Reynolds.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York City, by Alan Mansfield, Robert J. Kirshenberg, Stephen L. Saxl, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, by William L. Allinder, Lori Connors McGroder, for defendant Lorillard Tobacco.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, by Michael V. Corrigan, Joseph M. McLauglin, Ronald M. Neuman, Adam I. Stein, for defendant BAT Industries, p.l.c.

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City, by Donald J. Strauber, David A. Wallace, Daniel Endick, for defendant BATCO.

Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, by Peter Bleakley, Murray R. Garnick, David S. Eggert, Eric Suter, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York, by Peter L. Critchell, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, by John B. Williams, Thomas W. Mitchell, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, MA, by Kenneth J. Parsigian, Paul E. Namser, for defendant Philip Morris.

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City by Anne E. Cohen, Harry Zirlin, Steven S. Michaels, for defendant Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York City, by Bruce J. Ginsberg, for defendant Hill & Knowlton.

Seward & Kissel LLP, New York City, by Jacob Horowitz, for defendant Tobacco Institute.

Jacob Medinger & Finnegan, New York City, by Bryan A. McKenna, for defendant Smokeless Tobacco.

Skadden Arps Slate Meaher & Flom, New York City, by Arthur H. Aizley, Eric S. Sarner, for defendant U.S. Tobacco.

Kasowtiz Benson Torres & Friedman, New York City, by Leonard A. Feiwus, for defendant Liggett.


ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Motions to consolidate a compensatory class and a mandatory punitive damage class in the tobacco litigation were heard in April 2001. At subsequent status conferences the court has repeatedly suggested that counsel advance test cases to permit the court to assess the value of class certification.

With the exception of two trials, Falise v. Am. Tobacco Co, No. 99 CV 7392 (filed 11/12/99) and

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